
Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr.
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A portrait of the life and career of the infamous American execution device designer Fred A. Leuchter, Jr. Mr. Leuchter was an engineer who became an expert on execution devices and was later hired by holocaust revisionist historian Ernst Zundel to "prove" that there were no gas chambers at Auschwitz. Leuchter published a controversial report confirming Zundel's position, which ultimately ruined his own career. Most of the footage is of Leuchter, working in and around execution facilities or chipping away at the walls of Auschwitz, but Morris also interviews various historians, associates, and neighbors.
Production
Independent Film Channel, Fourth Floor Pictures, Scout Productions, Channel 4 Television
Language
EN
Status
Released
Release Date
Trailers & Videos
Cast

Fred A. Leuchter Jr.
Self

Robert Jan van Pelt
Self

David Irving
Self
Caroline Leuchter
Self (voice)
James Roth
Self

Shelly Shapiro
Self
Suzanne Tabasky
Self
Ernst Zündel
Self

David Collins
Re-enactment cast
Daniel Polsby
Re-enactment cast
Jeff Brown
Re-enactment cast
Robert Duerr
Re-enactment cast

Adolf Hitler
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Errol Morris
Self - Interviewer (voice) (uncredited)
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